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Peace talks: Syria's President calls upon France to intervene whilst rejecting direct talks with Israel Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has rejected moves by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate, saying that he had no "Israeli partner" and not being serious about peace. Ahead of talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy last Friday in Paris, he called upon France to be more involved in the Middle East peace process. [ML] [ ± ] - Image credit		Latest news ± Austrian students' protests expanding through Europe Mo Ibrahim: Some African countries too small to continue to exist independently Kenyan cattle rustlers kill eleven Peace talks: Syria's President calls upon France to intervene whilst rejecting direct talks with Israel Kosovo: voters go to the polls for the first time since independence declared from Serbia New promotional events set for Disney's "Phineas and Ferb's Christmas Vacation" European Union emerges from recession London Lord Mayor's Show draws crowds despite bad weather Sarkozy makes Clint Eastwood's day; actor becomes "Légion d'honneur" Commander NASA mission finds water on the Moon Four teenagers killed in car crash in Birmingham, England UN: one billion hungry people in the world Bomb blast kills at least eleven in Pakistan, over twenty wounded Illinois police departments try to reduce number of road fatalities this year One dead after jet crashes into airport in Rwanda Russian territory expands by 4.5 square kilometres after seismic activity Two Azerbaijani bloggers jailed Zimbabwe government allocates US$10 million for relocation of thousands of families near diamond field Afghanistan suicide attack wounds more than twenty Six aid groups suspend work in Chad after killing » Older news
Kosovo: voters go to the polls for the first time since independence declared from Serbia Voting polls opened in Kosovo at 7am local time, the first time since declaring independence from Serbia last year. [ ± ] - Image credit	European Union emerges from recession The European Union has emerged from its worst recession since World War II, with the announcement on Friday that the region posted a modest growth in the third quarter. [ ± ] - Image credit
UN: one billion hungry people in the world The United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) said today that for the first time in history, the number of hungry people worldwide will exceed one billion. [ ± ] - Image credit	Mo Ibrahim: Some African countries too small to continue to exist independently Mobile communications tycoon Mo Ibrahim told a news conference in Tanzania today that some African countries are too small to keep functioning independently. [ ± ] - Image credit
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